El Al, Etihad sign MOU to explore cooperation
Following the recognition of Israel by the United Arab Emirates and the upcoming establishment of scheduled flights between the countries,… Read More »
Atlas Air refuses to repay $406mn in US bailout funds
Atlas Air (5Y, New York JFK) has refused to return USD406 million in United States government CARES Act aid –… Read More »
Ravn Alaska launches public charters ahead of scheduled ops
Ravn Alaska (7H, Anchorage Ted Stevens) launched scheduled charter flights on November 13, 2020, as it continues with efforts to… Read More »
Air France-KLM in talks to raise another €6bn – report
Air France-KLM is seeking an additional EUR6 billion euros (USD7.1 billion) to secure its future and is discussing the issue… Read More »
Asiana creditor bank calls for help in Korean Air takeover
Asiana Airlines (OZ, Seoul Incheon) state-run creditor Korea Development Bank (KDB) called on November 19 for more support for Korean… Read More »
UNICEF in talks with airlines about COVID vaccine deployment
UNICEF, the United Nations agency providing humanitarian and medical relief to children, has held talks with around 40 airlines about… Read More »
Virgin Australia exits restructuring as mid-market airline
Virgin Australia Holdings has exited restructuring under the new ownership of US private equity firm Bain Capital. Virgin Australia (VA,… Read More »
Hong Kong bans Nepal Airlines for third time over COVID
Hong Kong has banned flights from Nepal Airlines (RA, Kathmandu) for the third time after passengers tested positive for COVID-19… Read More »
JetNetherlands adds first Saab 340 for CU Air charter
JetNetherlands (JNL, Amsterdam Schiphol) launched charter operations on behalf of CU Air on November 7, 2020, following the delivery of… Read More »
Jackson Hole, Wyoming to close for runway works in 2Q21
Jackson Hole, WY will close for runway works between April and June 2021, thereby impacting the services of Alaska Airlines,… Read More »
Mesa Air Group draws another $152mn from loan facility
Mesa Air Group has completed a second withdrawal, this time for USD152 million, from its previously disclosed five-year loan and… Read More »
Ryanair mulls A320neo for Lauda Europe…at the right price
Ryanair Holdings would consider acquiring A320-200Ns and A321-200Ns for its newly formed Maltese subsidiary Lauda Europe (LW, Malta Int’l) but… Read More »
US DOT tentatively adds Aer Lingus to Oneworld JV
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has tentatively allowed Aer Lingus (EI, Dublin Int’l) to join an already immunised transatlantic… Read More »
Russian leisure airlines expand to Zanzibar
Royal Flight, Nordwind Airlines, Azur Air, and UTair have announced new scheduled or scheduled charter flights to Zanzibar as they… Read More »
Hanoi approves $520mn rescue of Vietnam Airlines
The National Assembly of Vietnam unanimously approved on the afternoon of the final day of its parliamentary session a VND12… Read More »
Corendon Dutch Airlines challenges cancelled Sunweb deal
Corendon Dutch Airlines (CD, Amsterdam Schiphol) is taking the Sunweb Group to court after the online package holiday supplier cancelled… Read More »
Norwegian seeks financial restructuring under Irish law
Norwegian (DY, Oslo Gardermoen) has initiated an examinership process in Ireland, asking a court there to oversee a restructuring of… Read More »
Netherlands drops cargo tax, plans hike in passenger tax
The Dutch government has ditched its proposed tax on cargo traffic after a study revealed that freighters were likely to… Read More »
FAA ungrounds the B737 MAX
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a notice ungrounding the B737-8 and B737-9 types, subject to the completion… Read More »
Haiti’s Sunrise Airways to deploy A320 for Cuba routes
Sunrise Airways (S6, Port au Prince) has announced it will upgrade the equipment it uses on its routes from Port… Read More »
AirAsia Japan files for bankruptcy; group hints India exit
AirAsia Group has cemented its retreat from East Asia as 33%-owned subsidiary AirAsia Japan (DJ, Nagoya Chubu) filed for bankruptcy… Read More »
Bulgaria’s Cargo Air drops Boeing for AEI for B737-800(F)s
Citing conversion slot availability, Cargo Air (CGF, Sofia) has cancelled plans for two B737-800(BCF)s from Boeing and instead replaced them… Read More »